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Data Preservation vs. Data Archive

Posted on July 13, 2017 by George Crump

Eighty percent of an organization’s data is active and 15% of it really matters. Archiving is the management of the 80%. Data preservation is the management 15%. While organizations often need help identifying the 80% of data that is not…

Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, CloudLanes, Compression, Data Preservation, Encryption, M&E, Replication, SMB, Tape, Virtual
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Can The Storage Channel Solve The Cloud Storage Latency Problem

Posted on July 13, 2017 by George Crump

While cloud storage has plenty of benefits, its biggest weakness, latency, keeps it from receiving full adoption. The solution may be found in a group of businesses that many think cloud storage replaces, storage resellers. If they can solve the…

Tagged with: ClearSky, Cloud, Copy Data, dr, DRaaS, Latency, MSP, Replication
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StorageShort: What Services Should MSPs Add To Their Portfolios?

Posted on July 12, 2017 by George Crump

Managed Service Providers (MSP) are under pressure to add more services to their portfolios. Most started with backup and now are looking to add services like application hosting and virtual desktop as a service. Not only are these services complicated…

Tagged with: Backup, ClearSky, Cloud, Compression, Copy Data, Deduplication, dr, DRaaS, Hybrid, MSP, Replication
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Refining The Virtualized Backup Process – NAKIVO Briefing Note

Posted on July 10, 2017 by George Crump

The backup software market is very mature. Even virtualization specific backup software solutions have been available for over 10 years. But there is still work to do. In some cases, new releases are taking advantage of new technologies elsewhere in…

Tagged with: Backup, Encryption, Malware, MS-SQL, Nakivo, NAS, Ransomware, Recovery, Replication, Virtualization, VMware
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White Paper – Can You Use The Cloud for Long Term Data Preservation?

Posted on July 6, 2017 by George Crump

Most organizations have a subset of data they need to preserve. Preservation is different than archiving. Preservation means that the data can’t be changed, must always be readable and the organization needs to know who is accessing it. Often there…

Tagged with: Cloud, CloudLanes, Compression, Data Preservation, Encryption, M&E, NFS, Replication, Scale, SMB, Virtual
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A Private Cloud That’s More Than A Backup Appliance – Cloudian Product Analysis

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Joseph Ortiz

An organization’s backup storage target options have changed from simple tape to an almost bewildering number of options such as fully integrated backup appliances, secondary storage systems, cloud storage, object storage and various other software defined storage (SDS) systems. An…

Tagged with: Cloud, Cloudian, Compression, Encryption, Hybrid, NAS, NFS, Object Storage, QOS, Replication, SDS, SMB
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Webinar: The Showdown for Data Preservation: Iron Mountain vs. The Cloud

Posted on June 27, 2017 by George Crump

Join Storage Switzerland and CloudLanes for our on demand webinar as we compare Iron Mountain to the cloud and provide ways to solve the gaps in public cloud storage’s ability to be a viable data preservation service. Register today and…

Tagged with: Cloud, CloudLanes, Compression, Data Preservation, Encryption, M&E, NFS, Replication, SMB, Virtual
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What is Open Converged Infrastructure?

Posted on June 27, 2017 by wcurtispreston

Converged infrastructure (CI) and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) are common terms, but open converged infrastructure (OCI) is new. What is it and how is it different from the other architectures? This article will start with an examination of the similarities and…

Tagged with: Compression, Converged, Datrium, Encryption, HCI, Hyper-V, Hyperconverged, LUN, Open Converged, Replication, Snapshot, Virtualization
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Do Nutanix Customers Need a Backup Solution? – Comtrade HYCU Briefing Note

Posted on June 26, 2017 by wcurtispreston

Nutanix customers find themselves in an interesting situation. On one hand, they have a scale out hyperconverged infrastructure system that has helped many people expand their virtualization environment. But some Nutanix customers find themselves in need of a backup solution.…

Tagged with: Backup, Comtrade, Hyper-V, Hyperconverged, Replication, Snapshot, Virtualization, VMware
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How to Design Self-Service Storage – ioFABRIC Briefing Note

Posted on June 22, 2017 by George Crump

For application owners, storage is an overly complicated ordeal that they must go through in order to get applications up and performing well. Ideally, application owners should be masked from the complexity of the infrastructure. They shouldn’t care which storage…